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Morriso 

Road. 



North Golden 

t IncIiKiiiiK Bide 



I'ioneer Moii 
Civic Ccnler 
Cameeie Library and 
Mint, one block west. 
North on lUoadway. 

pasaini! 

Denver Motor Club. 

0.4— Cross Welton and down 

Itlth ill 

Kast Denver Ulch 

School on right. 

0.5— New Poslofflce on left. 

0.6— Turn right on Champa 

0.7-Tiirii left on 20th St. 
City Itatli Hoii.se on 



1.9— Turn left West 33rd 

Ave. 
2.8— Oakcs Home on left. 
3.0 -North on Federal Blv 
Woodbury Library on 
left. 
3.6— Columbian School on 
riBht 
ItcDonouBh Park on 
left. 
3.9— Turn left West 44Ui 



Inspiration Point richt. 
10.2— North Table Mountain 
on right. 
South Tatjie Mountain 
on left. 
12.1 -Stanley Reservoir. 
12.6— Clear Creek Canon. 
13.9— Independent Smelter. 
14.3— City Limits of Golden. 

Coor's Brewery on left. 
15.0~Golden. 5,675 feet. 

Castle Rock and Indian 
Camp on left. 



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-State An 



ory 



riglit. 



Tank. 



On left Funicular In 
dine to summit c 
Lookout Mountain 
17.4— View of CoMcn 

( Icar creek Canon. 
17.9— Sensation Point. 
18.7-I.argc "M" 100 by S 

feet. 
18.8 First View of Denver. 
10.4— Double Ilalrnin Curve. 
19.0 Wimly Saddle. 

View of miow-capped 



House In 
the stale on left 
Sclmol of Mines on 
right. 
16.6— Industrial School on 
letl. 
Colden Reservoir 



l',N\ I'.R is the only American munici|i;ility wliicli owns 
a mountain peak in an adjoining county antl a system of 
mountain parks and boulevards fifteen to twenty-five 
miles beyond its borders. 

Lands: Situated in Jefferson County, Colorado, 2,600 acres. 
Genesee Park, including (Jenesee Peak, comprises 1,S00 acres. 
Reserved federal lands under option from government, 7,047 acres. 

Highways: Sixty miles of mountain boulevards and ap- 
proaches already constructed, with additional drives under con- 
struction and in prospect. Maximum cost per mile, $20,000. 
(See map on page 14.) Circle route by way of Creswell from the 
Pioneer Monument, Denver, and return, 63 miles. 

Grades and Curves: Maximum grade in the mountains, 
six percent. Sharpest curve is based on a radius of fifty feet. 
Usual width of highway, twenty feet — enough to permit two 
large vehicles to pass with ease. Exposed points are protected 
by masonry walls or anchored steel cables. Highway is provided 
throughout with a thoiough system of drainage. 

Features : The sky-line drive over Lookout Mountain drops 
ultimately into the canon of Hear Creek, a famous trout stream, 
along which several of Denver's millionaires have built summer 
homes. Shelters, fire-places, comfort stations and picnic grounds, 
provided with pure mountain water, occur at convenient intervals. 
Animal park of 13.5 acres, on west slope of Genesee Mountain, 
contains wilil buffalo, elk, deer and other untamed animals. 

Elevations: Denver, .=i,2S0 feet; Golden (Main StreeO, 
5,675 feet; S|)ring House, Lookout Mountain Drive, 7,045 feet; 
Wildcat Point, 7',300 feet; Lookout Mountain, 7,342 feet; Col- 
orow Point, 7,500 feet; Genesee Peak, 8,270 feet (3,000 feet 
higher than Denver) ; Creswell ( Bergen Park) , 7,862 feet; Ever- 
green, 7,005 feet; Morrison ( Main'Street) , 5,65'* feet. 

TRANSPORTATION AND 
ROUND-TRIP FARES 

1. WILDCAT POINT and SUMMIT OF LOOKOUT MOUN- 
TAIN, via C. & S. Ry. and auto, $1.50. 

2. Via trolley and automobile. $;,oo, 

3. Via automobile all the way, parties of four or more, $2.50 each 

4. Via special observation car and automobile, $1,50. 

5. Via trolley to GOLDEN, automobile and Funicular Railway, $1. 

6. Circle Trip, 70 miles, via automobile, $5 

7. Via C. & S. Ry. to MORRISON and au 
PARK, $1.00. 

8. To other points in BEAR CREEK CANON, via Morrison, from 
$1.75 to $4.00. 

9. Circle Trip, 70 miles. Vi 

GOLDEN and rail to DENVER. 
GOLDEN, auto to MORRISON and 



bile to STARBUCK 

via Morrisc 

S. Ry. to MORRISON, auto to 
~" ~ C. & S. Ry. to 

DENVER, $3.00 



Vi 



! C. & S Ry to MORRISON and PARK OF RED ROCKS, 

; and 75c. 

J C. & S, Ry or trolley to GOLDEN, 50c; CASTLE ROCK, 



Further information iinJ literature on Thirty-eight Scenic Trip* 
including Fourteen One-Day Trips mailed Jree: 

TOURIST BUREAU 

715 SEVENTEENTH STREET 
DENVER, COLO. 



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-Wildcat Point. 

SiiiDmit of Lookout 
Mountain. 

Altitude 7,300 feet. 
-Reserroir on left. 
-Sliolter House. 
-Road to Colorow Point 



rigiit 



24.2— Mount Vernon Canon on ; 



left. 
—Water Tank. 
— Scliool on right. 
—Road to Geneaee Peak 

and Park. 8.270 feet. 
—Left. Herd of Elk. 
—Left. Road out of 

Genesee Park from 

Geneaee Mountain. 



26.7- 
28.4- 



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Moun 

Comfort Station, 

View of Sauaw 

Mountain. 
Cray's Peak. 
Torrey'6 Peak and 
Snowy Range, 
-romfort Station. 
Bercen Park. 
Roi 



Settees. 



place. 



Shelter Ho 

View of Bergen Peak. 
-View of Bear Mountain, 
-Hairpin Curve. 
-Bear Creelc Canon. 

Troutdale one mile west. 

Meadowbroolt Ranch. 



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47.3- 

47.4- 

50.4- 

54.5- 
59.8- 
60.4- 

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61.8- 



— Dam Gite. and proposed 

lake. 
— Evergreen. 
—Church. 
— Horseshoe Curve. 
— Dad's Grocery. 
—Turkey Canon on right. 

Meyers Gulch. 
—Serpentine Trail. 
—High water mark during 
IfooU. 
Left. Park of the Red 

Roc Us. 
On right. Hotel Morri- 



-Morrison. 

Altitude 5.659 feet. 
RiRlit, Fort Logan, 
Left. Loretto Heights. 
Slidway. 

Old Hanging Tree 
Alameda Sub\va,v. 
Turn left on Broadway, 
Left. Baseball Park. 
County Hospital. 
■Clierry Creek. 



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